The Kurds in Switzerland mainly reside in the Cantons of Zurich, Aargau and Basel-Stadt and are descendants of migrants of refugees from the regions around Pazarcık, Kahraranmaraş or Erzincan.
There are also shia kurdish migrants from Iranian Kurdistan, the region around Ilam and Kermanshah along with Feyli Kurds from Baghdad who mainly reside Geneva and Zürich[2][3] In 2012 the Swiss authorities estimated that about 110,000[4] and in 2015, that ca.
[9] During the Turkish invasion of Afrin, Syria the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt issued a resolution in strong terms, demanding the diplomatic intervention by Switzerland who is the depository of the Geneva Convention and the host of the European seat of the United Nations.
[17] The Swiss branch the Kurdish Red Crescent has its seat in Lausanne, at the shores of Lake Geneva.
[18] The movie Journey of Hope by Xavier Koller has portrayed the flight of a Kurdish family into Switzerland[19] and was awarded an Oscar in 1991.